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Rick Moody Quotes

I love comic books and always did as a kid Picture Quote #1

God howls with laughter at earthly plans, you know? Picture Quote #1

My contention is that that style is just as stylized as an ornate style Picture Quote #1

The past was so past it hurt Picture Quote #1

So while it is true that I find really dark stuff funny sometimes, it’s also true that as a writer of books I want to have the whole range of human emotions Picture Quote #1

I suppose I should say that I treasure blasphemy, as a faith of the highest order Picture Quote #1

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I have worked really hard to defy categorization, to break down a taxonomy whenever it comes my way Picture Quote #1

I made this list of stuff that it’s time for me to try to do Picture Quote #1

I’m trying to read more dead people because I keep having to read stuff for juries and so forth Picture Quote #1

Impotence, fetishism, bisexuality, and bondage are all facts of life, and our fiction should reflect that Picture Quote #1

It’s also true, however, that having conquered the regional writer ghetto, I am now intent on conquering the nationalist writer ghetto and moving out into the world more Picture Quote #1

The process of composition, messing around with paragraphs and trying to make really good prose, is hardwired into my personality Picture Quote #1

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Tangled in one another’s arms and nine times out of ten the things you think about a person make it impossible to touch them Picture Quote #1

Have I mentioned that I expect death around every turn, that every blue sky has a safe sailing out of it, that every bus runs me over, that every low, mean syllable uttered in my direction seems to intimate the violence of murder, that every family seems like an opportunity for ruin and every marriage a ceremony into which calamity will fall and hearts will be broken and lives destroyed and people branded by the mortifications of love? Picture Quote #1

I think literature is best when it’s voicing what we would prefer not to talk about Picture Quote #1

There’s something really rich and powerful in not talking about what you need to talk about sometimes Picture Quote #1

I believe in choosing the hardest book imaginable. I believe in reading up on what others have to say about this difficult book, and then making up my own mind Picture Quote #1

I believe in the absolute and unlimited liberty of reading. I believe in wandering through the stacks and picking out the first thing that strikes me. I believe in choosing books based on the dust jacket Picture Quote #1

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I didn’t know how to kill off a character unless I was able, as a narrator, to get really complicated. Because it was a big deal. I’d never killed a character before Picture Quote #1

It turns out that my memory is just not that great, so for specific scenes with people doing stuff, sometimes I’d have the details all wrong or I couldn’t remember what happened exactly, so I just let that be Picture Quote #1

Nonfiction that uses novelistic devices and strategies to shape the work. That’s material that I really like Picture Quote #1

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I love comic books and always did as a kid (Rick Moody Quotes) God howls with laughter at earthly plans, you know? (Rick Moody Quotes) My contention is that that style is just as stylized as an ornate style (Rick Moody Quotes) The past was so past it hurt (Rick Moody Quotes) So while it is true that I find really dark stuff funny sometimes, it’s also true that as a writer of books I want to have the whole range of human emotions (Rick Moody Quotes) I suppose I should say that I treasure blasphemy, as a faith of the highest order (Rick Moody Quotes) I have worked really hard to defy categorization, to break down a taxonomy whenever it comes my way (Rick Moody Quotes) I made this list of stuff that it’s time for me to try to do (Rick Moody Quotes) I’m trying to read more dead people because I keep having to read stuff for juries and so forth (Rick Moody Quotes) Impotence, fetishism, bisexuality, and bondage are all facts of life, and our fiction should reflect that (Rick Moody Quotes) It’s also true, however, that having conquered the regional writer ghetto, I am now intent on conquering the nationalist writer ghetto and moving out into the world more (Rick Moody Quotes) The process of composition, messing around with paragraphs and trying to make really good prose, is hardwired into my personality (Rick Moody Quotes) Tangled in one another’s arms and nine times out of ten the things you think about a person make it impossible to touch them (Rick Moody Quotes) Have I mentioned that I expect death around every turn, that every blue sky has a safe sailing out of it, that every bus runs me over, that every low, mean syllable uttered in my direction seems to intimate the violence of murder, that every family seems like an opportunity for ruin and every marriage a ceremony into which calamity will fall and hearts will be broken and lives destroyed and people branded by the mortifications of love? (Rick Moody Quotes) I think literature is best when it’s voicing what we would prefer not to talk about (Rick Moody Quotes) There’s something really rich and powerful in not talking about what you need to talk about sometimes (Rick Moody Quotes) I believe in choosing the hardest book imaginable. I believe in reading up on what others have to say about this difficult book, and then making up my own mind (Rick Moody Quotes) I believe in the absolute and unlimited liberty of reading. I believe in wandering through the stacks and picking out the first thing that strikes me. I believe in choosing books based on the dust jacket (Rick Moody Quotes) I didn’t know how to kill off a character unless I was able, as a narrator, to get really complicated. Because it was a big deal. I’d never killed a character before (Rick Moody Quotes) It turns out that my memory is just not that great, so for specific scenes with people doing stuff, sometimes I’d have the details all wrong or I couldn’t remember what happened exactly, so I just let that be (Rick Moody Quotes) Nonfiction that uses novelistic devices and strategies to shape the work. That’s material that I really like (Rick Moody Quotes)

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